Ombaci Massacre, 24 June 1981
Yearly Memorial Prayer congregation at the mass grave site
List of Victims
On Wednesday, June 24, 1981, the Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA) attacked civilians who had taken refuge at Ombaci Colleges, located just 4 kilometers north-west of Arua town on the Kaya Highway/Rhino Camp Road, in Arua District is Ombaci College, claiming the lives of close to 100 people and leaving countless wounded. The massacre was by all accounts extremely chaotic, with groups of soldiers entering from all sides of the school and mission and roving from room to room shooting and looting.